What’s in it for the learner?

Never Mind the Pedagogy is all about pushing learning ideas out rapidly to the community. The speed at which technology is developing means that tools can (and should) be implemented quickly. I feel we’ve moved into a phase where the way to see this happen is for individuals to write about them using easy publishing techniques and cutting out the bureaucracy.

Background There is currently much interest and excitement at the emergence of an educational approach commonly termed the ‘Massive Open Online Course’ or MOOC. These MOOCs are truly global in their reach, and can be massive with tens of thousands … Continue reading →

At the heart of the movement to open educational resources is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general, and the World Wide Web in particular provide an opportunity for … Continue reading →

The question that seems to arise from throughout the course topics is one of sustainability and the open business models topic considers this area in more detail. When looking at particularly the concept of OpenCourseWare (OCW) there is the concern … Continue reading →

In some ways I’ve perhaps found this topic to be the lightest on content with regard to the topic ‘readings’, perhaps because I’ve encountered both videos previously, not least from participating in the other MOOCs. However, I also found the … Continue reading →

Tim Berners-Lee talks on his TEDtalk about how he originated the World Wide Web. The memo he wrote about it was read by his boss (who after his boss’s death was found to have the words “Vague but exciting” written … Continue reading →

Michael Nielson in his TEDtalk begins by talking about Tim Gowers1, a renowned (famous) mathematician, and Cambridge (UK) professor, who asked on his blog in 2009 whether science could be done collectively out in the open. There was a mathematical … Continue reading →

From the course readings for this topic, Peter Suber’s initial article begins by drawing on a number of sources for a definition of Open Access. These include: The Budapest Open Access Initiative There are many degrees and kinds of wider … Continue reading →

The area of assessment, recognition and reward for skills development and learning beyond formal education has been a difficult one. However, the Digital Learning and Media Competition 4, sponsored by the MacAuthur Foundation (Press Release) in association with HASTAC and … Continue reading →

OpenCourseWare (OCW) is the provision of course materials provided openly on the Web and pioneered by MIT. I recall the time of the MIT announcement as I worked in a Computing Services department of a UK university the Deputy Director … Continue reading →

Again, these are my notes from the course topic video http://vimeo.com/1796014 All this content is attributed to David Wiley. David starts with the 10 year anniversary of Open Content. It all started with Free Software (which was covered in … Continue reading →